By The Angry Drunk
This piece of utter retardation just popped up on my radar; and, after a solid round of bashing my head against my keyboard, I was compelled to comment. The short version is, Chris Anderson at Wired is making the argument that the availability of enormous clouds of data will allow scientists to eschew the scientific method and [...]
By The Angry Drunk
Today’s particular hangover has blunted the all-encompassing rage a bit; so even I have to admit that this piece by Cory Doctorow in InformationWeek is dead on. It probably explains why I have a grand total of 6 MySpace friends; and of those, one is mythical proto-hominid and one is a presidential candidate. Or it could [...]
By The Angry Drunk
This has to be a joke. Just when I thought that “reality” television had reached its zenith (or is that its nadir) those rascally Dutch go and kick things up the proverbial ‘nother notch. I will not rest until we have either a televised live execution, or full on gladiatorial combat to the death on [...]
By The Angry Drunk
I just ran across this via Violent Acres. While the tone is sarcastic, the theory is actually dead-on. This is what I was getting at in my post a while back.
By The Angry Drunk
Just read the article on the Huffington Post. I suppose I should make some comment on our culture of violence or something; but honestly I can’t stop laughing.
By The Angry Drunk
Well, thank the gods for this one. I know that of all the dystopian futures available; Gattaca was the one that I was worried about the most. Now, can we get cracking on the Global Climate Change ones…please.
By The Angry Drunk
Wow, John Welch sums up my thoughts on the gun control aspect of the VA Tech shootings better than I could.
By The Angry Drunk
The Daily Show once again manages to put issues in focus better than the mainstream media, via Crooks and Liars.